warshanks/bernie0.1-AWQ

This is a proof of concept model trained on the works of US senator Bernie Sanders. The details on how and why it was created are described in this blog post, but the tl;dr is that it's an experiment inspired by the sci-fi concept of "mind states" or "mind uploads".

This is done in the spirit of exploration and with all respect to senator Sanders and his work. The model is not to be taken as an actual substitute for the person.

Some questions to ask the model:

• What do you think about workers rights?
• What specifically are you doing to address the youth mental health crisis?
• How do you manage the constant negativity and attacks online?

As the "0.1" version suggest, this really is a proof of concept, and the model can be improved significantly. The quantized version, for example, seems much worse than the f16 version.

Here's an excerpt from the blog post:

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Uploading people into some kind of a computer has been a science fiction trope for a long time - and so far it’s mostly a pipe dream. I’ve experienced two things recently that inspired me to write this post - and create the associated project: a pretty good animated series named Pantheon, and re-reading the excellent book “Excession,” by Iain Banks. Both works feature the idea of abstracting, copying, and augmenting human minds through digital uploads.

Excession, specifically, has this concept of a “mind state” - a snapshot of a person’s mind at some time, which isn’t really 100% identical, is usually focused on some topic, and up to a point has a mind of its own.

This mind state as described in the book isn’t really autonomous nor really intelligent, but the most important thing about the mind state is that you can talk to it pretty much as you would with the original person. It will respond to you as the original person would.

It’s the closest thing before a “real” mind upload.